Permutation vault lock



Dec. 22, 1925.

J. WINKLER PERMUTATION VAULT LOCK Filed March 14, 1925 I ATTORNEYS.

Patented Dec. 22, 1925.

JOHN 'WINKLEQ,'OF' 'PiIiIQADEfiPiIIA,YENNSYLVANIAl j Q T :PERMUT A Troivvn'u-Iirgtocxg: 1

Applica tjion filed Math 14, @1925.

To all whom it may concern:

l, Beit known that I, -JOHN. VVrNnLEn, a. citizen of thejUnited States,and residing in Philadelphia, in the county. of Philadelphia 6 and;State ofPennsylvan'ia, have inventeda. new and useful Permutation VaultI Look, :Qf. which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in permutationlocks for vault 1 doors and thelike, adapted to be locked and unlockedby means of a novel permutation device without the aid of any key.

- -Wly. 'nvention further relates to novel, lock of thecharacter'stated, which: may be. so interlocked and'interlinked withanother,v or similar locks, on the same door, as to. pro--'' vide anoperative interengagement of the two at all times, wherebyonemay not'bereleased without releasing each of other locks on the door. g

WVith the above ends in view, my invention consists'of bolts slidablymounted near, and at rightangles to the edge of the door,.a

plurality of rotary locking tumblers mount-1 ed within the door, adaptedpositively to retain said bolts, and a common actuating device for eachof said bolts,for moving said bolts inwardly or outwardlysimultaneously, so as to lock said door at a plurality of points. Myinvention further consists of other intrumentalities and novel, detailsof construction as will be more fully described in the claims appendedhereto.

I For the purpose of illustrating my invention, I have. shown in theaccompanying drawings forms thereof which are at present preferred byme, since they will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results,:although it is to be understood that the various 40 instrumentalitiesof which my invention consists can be variously arranged and organizedand thatmy'invention isnot limitedto the precise arrangement andorganization of these instrumentalities as herein shown? and described.'.v I 4 Y Referring to the drawings in which like reference charactersindicate like parts: I

Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of a vault door embodying myinvention.

Fig. 2 represents a rear elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 represents a section on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 represents a section on line H of Fig. 3. V

v of the sliding bolts is provided witlione Fig.5 representsafronteleyationof oor mb ying my nv on... vF 'g; 6, represents ea secti1 tE- gL ;u i l iji j. I) If. 1 Y -;.;Fig.j. 7 represents.a.;sectionI-on-.1ine 7-' {Z Fig. 8 represents a front elevation .on anenlargedscale, of one ,ofthe rotary tumblers.

In. the drawings, l designates the front wall of the-safe ,vault orthelike, having hinged-.theret0,;on the hinge 2, a vault door 3 ,oftl1e.usual construction;v In order to secure an interlocking of the -door .3;with. the wall 2 of the vault at a plurality of points along the outerand contacting pe- 7 rip'hery ofthedoor, Iprovide a plurality. ofradially disposedsliding bolts 4:, slidably mounted withinsuitableguides 5, attached to or formed integral' with the door Each 7 5or more rotary tumblers 6, carriedin suitable bearing openings orapertures, extend in'ginto the, wall :3, in alignment with the edge oredges of thebolt' l. :Thefbolt is in turn provided with a semi-circularrecess. 7 in the edgesthereof, in alignment with said tumbler 6, in theouter jor locking position of, the bolt, .soas to receive said tumbler;within said semi-circular recess, thereby to lock saidbolt in itsouterorlockingposition. In order to release the bolt however, so as. topermit the. same to. be moved inwardlyinto; a disengaging or unlockingposition, the, tumblers 6, are provided with a recess extending toapproximately. the axisof the tumbler, in alignment'with the edge ofsaid bolt, into which recess '8 said bolt may enter, when the tumbler,is so revolved asto bring. the, recess clearly in alignment/with the.bolt. Thusuponturn'ing one or'severalof. the tumblers into a recess7,-the bolt is fixed or locked ,in, its position; while uponrevolving,the tumbler to ,the proper angular position-s0 as to withdraw the same.from. therecesses 7,fand to alignthefiat'faces 8 of the recess with thebolt, the bolt is permitted to slide into its inner or unlockedposition. 1

In order to permit the accurate setting of each of the tumblers 6, bysight, by any person or persons authorized to open the vault, each ofthe tumblers 6 is provided with a dial 9 having proper graduationsthereon,

,which may be numbered or otherwise designated, and a knob 10, wherebythe dials and Iiii 6.

\ tumblers into the aligning or opening posi-- familiar with setting thesame the tumblers may be turned Thus, upon initially noting the properpositions of each of the dials. for revolving or setting the tionsthereof, thetumblers may be'readily set into said positions at any timeby one more it will also be seen that it requires only the mis-alignmentof one of-theseveral tumblers 6 in order to lock the bolt in its closedposition.

In order permanently to secure the tumblers'6, within their properapertures in the door, the'discsor collars 11 are securedto their innerends bymeans of' taper pins or any other suitable fastening means, asshown in Figs. 8 and 4'. v c

In order to move each of the sever-al'bolts 4 simultaneously and inunison with each other, and in order also to lock each and every one ofthe several bolts by each and every other bolt; I provide a centralshaft'12 extending through the door, operated by an outer handle 13,andcarrying on the inner' end thereof a spider l l'having a spiralextension co-rresponding-to each of said sliding boltst. Each of thelimbs 15'is operatively attached to the corresponding bolt, through aloop or other guiding means16,'on'the inner end of each bolt, when thespider is revolved in either direction. Thus upon turningthe handle 13in arig-ht hand direction, in Figure 1, each of the bolts 4 will bewith-- drawn simultaneously ;*while upon revolving the bolts 4: in thereverse direction, the bolts will be extended outwardly into theirlocking positions. By this novel arrangement'of locking bolts, it isalso apparent that each of the locking bolts 4 is retained in itsouter40 or engaging position and may not be withdrawn, until each andeveryone of the bolts is. free to; be Withdrawn by the spider, since anyone of the bolts maylock the spider against any rotatory movementthereof.

While 111" above descriptionand the accompanying'figures in thedrawings, I have 7 shown embodiment of my invention as applied to-vau'lt doors and the like, the same is applicable to any door, closure,or the like, one form of which I have illustrated in Figs! 5- inclusive;in'which illustrations,

my novel permutation lock is applied'to a door of the usual constructionemployed in dwellings and the like. Here the spring bolt 1 7 slidingwithin the recess 18, urged out- .Furtherwhlch engages anumber of'pins22 carried by the bolt, and which shaftmay'be revolved by any knob orhandle. o i 7 It will now be apparent; that I have de-.

vised anovel and useful permutation vault lock which embodiesthefeatures of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of theinvention and the above description, and while I have, in the presentinstance,

shown and describeda preferred embodimen-t thereof which will give inpractice sat isfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood thatsuch embodiment is susceptible of modification in various particularswithout departing from the spirit or scope oftne invention orsacrificing any of its advantages. j r

Having thus described my invention, what- I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let; ters Patent is 1 I P I 1. In a device of thecharacterstated a vault door, a plurality of radially disposed lockingbolts slidablyfcarried therein, rotatable permutation tumblers seatedwithin said doorin alignment with the edges of each of said lockingbolts, a dial carried by the outer ends of said tumblers for properlypositioning the same, a central operating shaft ex tending through thedoor, actuating means carried by said shaft and means carried by eachofsaid bolts for en, ;aging said actuating device; I I 1 1 2. In adevice of the character stated,a vault door, a'plurality of radiallydisposed locking bolts slidably carried therein, rotatable permutationtumblers seated within said door, in alignment with the edges ofeach ofsaid locking bolts, a dial carried by the outer ends of said tumblersfor properly position ing the same, a central operating shaft extendingthrough the door, a spider having a; spiral arm corresponding with eachbolt, car ried by said shaft, and means carried by each JOHN WINK-LEE.

